New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 45

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✨ Land Acquisition Notices

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1888.

Land taken for the Woodhill Deviation of the Kaipara-Waikato Railway.

W. F. D. JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for the Woodhill Deviation of the Kaipara-Waikato Railway:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land in the manner hereby provided have been observed and performed:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred and thirty of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling him in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the portion of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land required to be taken.	Native Land.	Being Portion of	Situated in the Survey District of
A. R. P.
0 3 11	Native land	Kopironui Block (2104)	Kumeu.
6 0 17	Native land	Te Keti Block (3224)..	Kumeu.
8 0 26	..	Pukekauere No.1 Block (3779A)	Kumeu.
2 0 20	..	Pukekauere No.2 Block (3779)	Kumeu.
1 1 17	..	Waipapa Block (2217, museum endowment)	Kumeu.
0 2 20	..	Crown lands ..	Kumeu.

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 15475, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

Given under the hand of the Honourable Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for the Purpose of Widening a Street in the Borough of Sydenham, Provincial District of Canterbury.

W. F. D. JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and its amendments, for a certain work, to wit, the widening of a street in the Borough of Sydenham, Provincial District of Canterbury:

And whereas the Sydenham Borough Council has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in him vested by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling him in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purpose of widening the said street; and, further, that, subject hereto, the said land shall vest in the Corporation of the said borough on and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1888, No 45

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ Land taken for Woodhill Deviation of Kaipara-Waikato Railway

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated8 August 1888
KeywordsLand acquisition, Railway, Woodhill Deviation, Kumeu, Auckland
👩‍💼 Officials

W. F. D. Jervois, Governor
James Prendergast, Deputy Governor
Edwin Mitchellson, Minister for Public Works

🏗️ Land taken for Widening Street in Sydenham

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated8 August 1888
KeywordsLand acquisition, Street widening, Sydenham, Canterbury
👩‍💼 Officials

W. F. D. Jervois, Governor
James Prendergast, Deputy Governor

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